Roofing-tile.



110. 882,765. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1908, M. MARTE. 1C ROOFING TILE.

\ AI ILIGATION FILED APRJS, 1907.

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MICHAEL MARTE, OF EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK,

n'bormwrnis.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 24-, 1968.

Application filed April 13, 1907. Serial in. 368,017.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that 1, MICHAEL i\L\R'lE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at East l the mold at the upperSyracuse, in the county of Onondaga, State 5 of New York, have in ventedcertain new and useful Improvements-in Roofing-Tiles; and i. do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertoins to make and use the same. 1'

The present invention relates to improve ments in roofing tiles, and iteims to provide an article of that nature, Wl'llL'il may be conetrue'tedat on. extremely low cost and which is provided with e fastening deviceby mean, of which it is attached to the ordinary slating bars secured tothe rafters. the fastening device being fixed in the tile in such amanner as to be incapable of withdrawal therefrom.

Briefly described, the invention com rises a tile formed of baked clayand pror'irod at its upper end with an attaching hook, whose stemportion is embedded therein during the molding and prior to the -firingof the clay,

The preferred emboi'liment of the inrontion, is illustrated in thenit-companying drewings in which like ports are designated bycorresponding reference numerals in tho several views.

Of the said tl1'zLWlHgS-'- F igure 1 is at front elevation of it portionof e tile covered roof. Fig. ilis o iongitudinz'il vertical sectiontaken on the line 2-2 of Fig. i. Fig. 3 is en enlarged detail Viewpartly in section of one of the tiles.

liteferring more particularly to the drawings, 5 designates generally,the rafters of the roof, 6 the horizontel slitting-bars secureding-bers.

Each tile or imitation shingle, is formed of ole molded and subse uontlybaked to provi e the necessa y durdbility. and imper- Prior, however, to

thereto, and 7 the tiles attached to the slst-' the final compression orl l l l l l s i l molding of the Ciiilf, the stem portion 8 of a hook 9is inserted into end thereof, is embedded in the clnv; the molding isthen, completed, and the tile is subsequently fired. Once baked,withdrawal of a hook is prer tically impossible, without a partial d9,struction of the tile in which it is fixed, sinoe its stem portion isprovided with a, series ofspurs, or similar PI'OJOCtlUIlS 10 arranged.in,

staggered relation. It will be observed, therefore, from the foregoing,that it roof frnme may be completely tiled in wry much less time than ispossible where ordinsry slates or shingles it1'G\1lSk(i, since the tileswhich form the subject of this case ore st tsehed to theSlflllIlg-bitl'S merely by catching the hooks therezrrouini, esshowr'rin Fig 2, while the slates or shingles are individiial y nailedto the roof frame; that the above dos scribed tile is possessed of muchgreater d mbility than the Wooden shingles for whieh it is i substitute,since it is completely impervious to the weather; and that the denger offalling tiles is obviated by reason of the opproxinnrte impossibilityOf'lllHOVtll of the fastening hooks What is claimed, is-

A roofing tile formed of buhcd clay .nnd provided with a singleattaching member having iis stem portion embedded in the upper end oftho lilo during the molding process and prior to the irim of the clay,said member having :1 laterally bent upper .end adopted to form a hookfor cngugomont with the slnlmg-bars of the roof, the embeddcd portion ofsaid member being; providcd with spurs to prevent its withdrnwiil fromthe filo.

in tcsiimony in mesonoo of two witnesses.

MlillAEL MAR'lE.

Witnesses:

J. L. RYAN, E. J. WETHERBY.

whcrcol', l nllix my signature,

